Checking system for determining the form value of race-horses.



No. 669,02l.

Patented Feb. 26, I90I. H. M. BBEEN.

CHECKING SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE FGRM VALUE DF RAGE HORSES.

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(Application Sled Apr., 17, 1900.)

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HOWARD M. BREEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CHECKING SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE FORM VALUE 0F RACE-HORSES.

SPECFICATION fOIIIlng part 0f Letters Patent NO. 669,021, dated. February 26, 1901.

Application iled April 17, 1900. serial No. 13,176. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it' may concern:

Be it known that I, HOWARD M. BREEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Checking Systems for Determining the Form Value of Race-Horses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in checking systems for determining` form value of race-horses.

The object of the invention is to provide a system to enable a student of the races to understand the form value of a horse in his previous races. For example, if a horse leads a field of ten starters in a mile race from start to finish his form value for that particular race is one hundred. If in another similarlyconditioned race he runs third throughout the race his form value would be seventy; but in actual, not in supposed, races the position of a horse is constantly changing. There are also weight, distance, track, and other elements enteringinto the problem before proper form value can be allotted to a horse in any particular race or run-off event, and all of these conditions have been taken into consideration, so that the student will be enabled to thoroughly understand the previous conditions as well as races of a horse when calculating the latter-s chances for a contemplated race.

Briefly described, the system consists of a form-sheet having a series of inscriptions indicative of the actions of a horse duringa race, an entry-sheet having thereon the names of the horses entered in a future race, and a detailed description of the form displayed by each horse in previous races, each name entered on the entry-sheet having an indexnumber, together with a racing-chart having an index-number for reference to the entrysheet, this racing-cllart bearing a full description of the-race, to which the index-number of the entry-sheet refers. The system aims to provide this in an extremely simple and efficient manner, as will be more clearly described and pointed out hereinafter4 In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is i a plan view of the form-sheet of reference.

Fig. 2 isa plan View of the entry-sheet, showing a race with two horses entered. Fig. Sis a plan View of the racing-chart.

ReferringT to the drawings by reference-numerals, l indicates the form-sheet,upon which is arranged four columns 2, 3, 4, and 5 of suitable form inscriptions, which are consecutively numbered, as at 6, with reference-numerals, although a reference-letter may be employed.

The numeral 7 indicates the entry-sheet, upon which is arranged each horses name entered in the race, as at 8, for example, the naines of two horses are given in the drawings although the number of the names depends upon the number of entries in the race. Following each horses name is adetailed description of the SeX, age, breeding, owner, and weight to be carried in the said race, as at 9, and at the end of such description is placed the index-number for the racin g-chart, as at 10. Below the inscription 9 on the entry-sheet is arranged the previous performances of the horse at certain places, as at 1l, with the form value of the horse in each race, as at l2, and the reference numeral or letter, as at 13, for referring to a certain inscription upon the form-sheet to enable the student to understand the form value set forth of the horse for the certain race.

The reference-numeral 14 indicates the 1'acing-chart,which is provided with the indexnumber 15, and this chart has arranged thereon the detailed conditions and description of the previous race ofthe horse, as well as the index-number, as at 16, by which it maybe referred to from the preceding chart 7.

A detailed description of the system consists of a-condensation on the entry-sheet of a horses past races, covering nine phases of each race, and a reference-mark in the shape of a small figure or letter at the extreme end of the line, designating some factor in a horses condition or form which contributed toward or detracted against the horses winning that race and referring to a certain inscription upon the form-sheet-to wit, first, the name by which the race-track is best known or its recognized abbreviation; Second, the position in which the horse finished at the end of the race; third, the date upon IOO which the race was run; fourth,the weight carried by the horse in the race of that date; fifth, the condition of the race-track on the day the certain race was run; sixth, the distance of the race on that date; seventh, the num-- ber of starters or competing horses in the race; eighth, the time in which the race was run, and, ninth, the number of points scored by the horse in the race upon a basis of one hundred calculated upon a series of units bearing upon the horses different positions at equidistant stages of that particular race. For instance, the inscription at the side of the name Sidney Lucas shows that the horse entered is three years old, is a chestnut colt sired by a horse known as Topgallant, and foaled by a mare known as Addie C. Below the same shows the owners name to be Thompson Bros, the weight to be carried is shown to be one hundred and eight pounds, and the index-number of the racing-chart giving a detailed description of the horses previous race is 852, and below the latter inscription shows that the horse raced at New Orleans, finished first, on March 5, weight carried one hundred and one pounds, track fast, distance of race one and one-half miles, five starters or competitors, time of race 2.44513 with seventy points to the horses credit. The reference designation in small figures at the side of the point-mark 70 shows upon consultation with the form-sheet that the horse tired at the end of the race. The inscriptions below are repetitions of like terms applied to races run upon different dates and under different conditions.

The entry-sheets and racing-charts of each days races and the form-sheet are preserved by the student, so that as the daily publication of the various races appeal' a reference to the former can be made by the student. For instance, the index-number 852, as given to Sidney Lucas in the illustration made on the entry-sheet, indicated to the student that to obtain a detail description of the horses previous race he should refer to the racing-chart (which he has preserved) bearing the index-number 852. When he refers to this chart, he learns the details of the previous race in which the horse participated, and on this particular chart he will also find an index-n umber indicated at 16, which will refer him to a previous racingchart, also giving a description of a race in which the horse participated, so that he is enabled to accurately determine how the horse raced in several different races and under dierent conditions. lt will be seen, therefore, that the index-number l0 on the entry-sheet indicates to the student the indexnumber 15 of the racing-chart to which he should refer first. If he desires details of other previous racesL of the horse, the indexnumber 16 on the racing-chart indicates to what index-number 15 he should refer.

The entry-sheet, Fig. 2` shows a race with two entries. The racing-chart for the entry of Sidney Lucas only is shown in Fig. 3.

A like chart for the entry of San Durango is of course provided, and the horses form in different races determined in a like manner.

It is thought the many advantages of my improved system for determining the forni value of a horse can be readily understood from the foregoing description when taken in connection with the accompanying illustration, and it will be noted that minorchanges can be made in the details without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having fully described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In achecking system for determining the form value of race-horses, the combination of a form-sheet having a'series of consecutivelynumbered indicating inscriptions, an entrysheet provided with the'names of the horses' entered in a coming race, cach name entered thereon having an index-number, said sheet having indicating inscriptions of the previous performances of each horse entered, and indicating-numerals referring` to the form sheet, and a racing-chart having an indexnnmber corresponding to one of the indexnumbers on the entry-sheet, substantially as described.

2. In a system for determining the form value of race-horses, the combination of a forni-sheet havinga series of inscriptions indicaiive of the actions of a horse during a race,an entry-sheet having thereon the names of the horses entered in a future race, and a detail description of the form displayed by each horse in previous races, each name entered on the entry-sheet having an indexnumber, and a racing-chart having an indexnumber corresponding to one of the indexnumbers on the entry-sheet, said chart bearing a full description of the race to which the index-number of the entry-sheet refers, substantially as described.

3. A system for determining the forin value of race-horses comprising a form-sheet having a series of inscriptions indicative of the manner in which a horse performed in a previous race, an entry-sheet having thereon the names of the horses entered in a future race and a detailed description of the form displayed by each horse in previous races, said sheet having an index-number for each name thereon, a forni -number for the previous races given on the sheet, and an indicatingnumber referring to one of the descriptions on the form-sheet, and a racing-chart-having a description of a previous race with an index-number corresponding to one of the iudeX-numbers on the entry-sheet, substantially as shown and. described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HOWARD M. BREEN.

Witnesses:

VICTOR RYBERG, EDWARD HENSEY.

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